σκώψ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1] Folk etymology tends to connect this with σκώπτω (skṓptō) and σκέπτομαι (sképtomai).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκώψ • (skṓps) m (genitive σκωπός); third declension

  1. a small owl

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σκώψ; τοῦ σκωπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκώψ
ho skṓps 		τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe 		οἱ σκῶπες
hoi skôpes
Genitive τοῦ σκωπός
toû skōpós 		τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn 		τῶν σκωπῶν
tôn skōpôn
Dative τῷ σκωπῐ́
tôi skōpí 		τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn 		τοῖς σκωψῐ́ / σκωψῐ́ν
toîs skōpsí(n)
Accusative τὸν σκῶπᾰ
tòn skôpa 		τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe 		τοὺς σκῶπᾰς
toùs skôpas
Vocative σκώψ
skṓps 		σκῶπε
skôpe 		σκῶπες
skôpes
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1365

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